After school I walked home up the rail¬ 
road track. Near Kirkwood I picked up a kill- 
deer which had been run over by a train. Strange 
that so wary a bird should be killed so. 
A red-tailed hawk circled down and lit in 
a dead tree and sat there as long as I could see 
it. Perhaps it was one of those seen at the 
hemlocks in the spring. 
Took a set of phoebe’s eggs about half a 
mile east of Rock Cut on the track. The nest was 
about 8 feet from the level near the overhanging 
top of the bank. The nest contained five eggs 
two of which were slightly spotted with brown 
and black (set no. 1). 
Took a set of four bluebirds eggs from a 
Post in front of Patterson's. I could barely get 
®y hand in to the eggs the opening was so small. 
The female refused to leaves the nest and I had 
to lift her out in ny hand. The nest was composed 
of a few grasses (Set no. 2). 
Another pair were looking at the gasoline 
can of the street lamp by Trumble's with an eye 
to building. 
May 9, 1903 - Saturday . 
This morning I went over in the River woods. 
Took a sot of four fresh robins eggs from a 
crotch on a big red-elm near Leider's bridge. It 
was about 12 feet from the water and the nest was 
hard to detach. One egg became broken in rry cap 
while coming down the tree. 
Goldfinches were very abundant. They fed on 
the ground along the roads. The males were in 
summer plumage. 
Near the Half Moon the crows were bothering 
the barred owls. I went over there and saw a young 
one sitting on a limb. Sticks had no effect on 
him but he watched me closely looking rather 
ridiculous. 
Red-eyed vireos were very common. Their 
songs came from all directions from the tops of 
the trees mingled with that of the ye 1low-throats. 
White-breasted nuthatches were in full song 
